Western Kansas world., 1887-12-17
ENTERPRISES.


It is often said that manufactur-
ing can not be made to pay on the
plains. The meaning Of this is that
manufacturers would have to ship
their fuel from too great a distance.
This condition may be a drawback.
We think it is not. The cheapness
with which raw materials for pro-
duction can be shipped to Wa-kee-
pey, in contrast with the shipping
rates Of manufactured goods from
distant points, it seems to US, heals
this defect.
Now, whatever may be the indlv
yidual success of the booming busi-
ness, it is evident to all reasoning
people that the prosperity of every
community ought to be grounded
upon surer foundation than this.
In other words, the people Of any
community should, as q W hole, be so
circumstanced as not to be affected
disastrously by the appearance or
departure Of booms. Is it so now?
You know it is not! The collapse
of boom means privation and suf-
fering to many who have not been
in the swim, as we'll as to a large
proportion Of those who have,
Thus far, we have located a disease,
without naming remedy. Manu-
featuring enterprises are the remedy.
The principle lies in the fact that
each legitimate manufactory estab-
lished is the means Of a certain
amount Of wealth being produced to
swell the aggregate money circula-
ton Of that community. In this
manner, every well-coqducted black
smith shop is blessing. There is
in Wa-Keeney a shoeshop which
furnishes employment to two men
besides the proprietor. We recog-
nize the blessings which flow from
every reputable employment agency
in WA Keeney. It is evident that
the safest basis Of permanent pros
perity for this community lies in the
plan of increasing the number Of
these agencies to the utmost limit
IN the proper direction. If bust
ness is already crowded, it's multiple
cation means failure. But, take a
manufacturing enterprise like the
one which is treated Of in our local
columns: There is room for this.
There is room here for one good
broom factory. It would hold in
this section Of country the broom
corn which is grown here. Such
factory would afford employment to
several men, and supply dozens Of
merchants with brooms, who now
send east for them. There is, it
seems to us, a plain opening here for
factory for the compression Of hay,
corn-fodder, old straw, weeds and
other native vegetable matter into
bundles for fuel. Common intelli-
gence demands a factory Of this kind,
and we believe bonanza awaits the
manufacturer who develops in west
ern Kansas such blessing. The
longer we do without a grist mill at
Wa-Keeney, the longer we continue
to invite to stay away enough people
to swell the general trade Of the
town to proportions at least one
third greater than it's present
dimensions. There are other small
and comparatively inexpensive man
ufacturing enterprises which Wa
Keeney could obtain as we'll as not
by concentrating her business ener-
gies through a board Of trade. In
this way the town could be built lar
ger by legitimate means, and these
agencies would call for the building
up Of the rural portions Of the
county. =
Now, there are men in Wa-Kee-
ney who know these utterances to
be true. We call upon them to
meet, organize board of trade, and
proceed to business. It will beat
waitinU for q railroad to +,,r, mn q.